Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure.

I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.

Artists are controlled by the life that beats in them, like the ocean beats on the shore.

... it came to me that what I had to do was to take pictures and concentrate upon people, only people, all kinds of people, people who paid me and people who didn't.

go in over your head, not just up to your neck.

To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.